Welcome to the
University of Cape Town News
Wamkelekile, Welkom
Menu
Search
News
Daily news
Newsbytes
Research & innovation
Newsletters
Publications
Lectures & speeches
Photo essays
Videos
Audio
Campus communications
From the UCT Executive
Campus Announcements
In remembrance
Campus updates
Audio
Media communications
Media releases
Archives
News archives
Features archives
Campus communication archives
Media archives
Debates in higher education
Contact Us
Newsroom
Media liaison
Social Media
archive: News
All
News
Campus communications
Media
category: News
All
News
Newsbyte
Research and innovation
Cape Town water crisis
Obituary
Faculty of Health Sciences
Graduation
Photo Essay
Videos
Event recordings
Highlights
Affirmative Action debate
Correspondence
Correspondence around debates in higher education
Debates in higher education
Free Education Planning Group
Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC)
Transform UCT Third batch
UCT correspondence around #FeesMustFall and #EndOutsourcing
UCT correspondence around #RhodesMustFall
University fees in 2017 and beyond
Views from campus
Front page
Front page extra
Campus Life
Student Life
2000 - 2008
Ad Hominem Promotions
Administration
Afropolitanism at UCT
Arts
Books
Books & Arts
Capital projects
Celebrating Africa
COP17 focus
Corporate
Council
Doctoral Studies
Editorial
Events/Arts
Events/Sports
Executives
Farewell
Feature
Focus
Focus on Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Governance
Graduation archive
Graduation Doctorates
Graduation News
Health
Health and Safety
Inaugural Lecture
Installation
Lectures and speeches
Letter to the Editor
On Campus
Opinions
Outreach/Sport
SHAWCO
Social Responsiveness
Special Focus
Special Projects
Sport
Staff
Student Research
Technology
The Brain Behaviour Initiative
Transformation News
Tribute
UCT Abroad
UCT Notice
Vice-Chancelor's Medals
World Cup
Youth Day
Faculty Focus - Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)
Faculty Focus - Commerce
Faculty Focus - Engineering & the Built Environment
Faculty Focus - Health Sciences
Faculty Focus - Humanities
Faculty Focus - Law
Faculty Focus - Science
year: 2018
All
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
month: March
All
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Load Previous
Will there be more rain this winter?
With the winter creeping ever closer, Capetonians are hoping for a wet season. But what kind of rainfall can the city expect?
16 Mar 2018
Republished
Hunters should stop using lead bullets and help save the vultures
Fragments of lead bullets left in hunted game are poisoning endangered white-backed vultures, says UCT study.
16 Mar 2018
Republished
Drilling threatens internationally protected floral region
Table Mountain Group Aquifer drill sites threaten rare plant species and due caution is needed when abstracting water, says UCT biologist Adam West.
14 Mar 2018
GSB hosts premier MBA event
One hundred top MBA students from across the globe will make their way to Cape Town for the GSB-hosted MBA World Summit.
14 Mar 2018
Peace parks: the future of Africa’s natural resources
Peace parks, or transfrontier parks, have a long history in Africa, which should not be forgotten when looking at the opportunities they offer for conservation, says Maano Ramutsindela.
13 Mar 2018
A new laboratory for visualising the universe
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy has launched a new visualisation facility at the University of Cape Town where astronomers from around the country can explore their data.
11 Mar 2018
Preparing for an uncertain water future
Dr Kevin Winter joined Mike Bloomberg, the UN’s new Special Envoy for Climate Action, on a tour of Theewaterskloof Dam to discuss local climate change.
09 Mar 2018
The real state of the nation: study the data
To honour Mandela's legacy of a better life for all, President Cyril Ramaphosa will need to look at hard data on the state of the nation, writes Samantha Richmond.
09 Mar 2018
Feeding theatre’s future
The eighth instalment of the Zabalaza Theatre Festival will see 150 artists from across the Western Cape on stage at the Baxter Theatre.
08 Mar 2018
ICTS campaigns to slash their ‘watermark’
Information and Communication Technology Services has taken UCT’s water-reduction goals to heart, implementing a comprehensive communications and action campaign to reduce their ‘watermark’.
07 Mar 2018
UCT responds to City’s new water tariff
With the City's new water tariffs in place, UCT's water bill will soon become unaffordable. How is UCT cutting costs and, more importantly, saving water?
06 Mar 2018
Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water
What does research tell us about the best behaviour-changing interventions, or ‘nudges’, to prompt Cape Town residents to save water?
05 Mar 2018
Republished
UCT performs in 2018 subject rankings
The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 placed three UCT subjects among the top 50 globally, with eight more in the top 100.
02 Mar 2018
How Western Cape farmers are being hit by the drought
Amid the extensive coverage of the ongoing drought in the city of Cape Town, we shouldn’t forget about its impact in the surrounding farmlands.
02 Mar 2018
Republished
UCT students pay tribute to SS Mendi
On 21 February 1917, 616 troops from the South African Native Labour Contingent died when the SS Mendi sank in the English Channel.
02 Mar 2018
Prioritising holistic wellness
With new systems, increased efficiency and drives to promote holistic health and wellness, Dr Memory Muturiki has overhauled the Student Wellness Service.
01 Mar 2018
Cape Town did come together to save water
Citizens of Cape Town have shown unprecedented levels of co-operation in managing the region’s water crisis, say members of UCT’s Environmental Policy Research Unit.
01 Mar 2018
Republished
International award for urban law reform guide
Adjunct Professor Stephen Berrisford was recently acknowledged for his work on a practical guide to address the problems encountered in urban legal reform.
01 Mar 2018
Load More
TOP